School of Sustainability
Organisational unit: Research School
- Centre for Sustainability Management (CSM)
- Institute of Ecology
- Institute of Ethics and Transdisciplinary Sustainability Research
- Institute of Sustainability Governance
- Institute of Sustainability Material Flows and Circularity
- Institute of Sustainability Psychology
- Institute of Sustainable Chemistry
- Social-Ecological Systems Institute (SESI)
- Sustainability Education and Transdisciplinary Research Institute
Organisation profile
Sustainability has many facets. Inter- and transdisciplinary research and teaching characterize the School of Sustainability. Scientists in our research projects work together in the laboratory, on the heath, in the grassland, in the classroom, with the city administration, with farmers, with non-governmental organizations, with companies, with students in the lecture hall and of course at their desks.
Furthermore, we work with regional and national political actors, e.g. ministries, as well as international organizations, e.g. UNEP, UNESCO, EU. We are part of national and international bodies, e.g. sustainability advisory boards of companies, member of the German Sustainability Award, World Biodiversity Council (IPBES), in order to contribute to social change with scientific findings.
Main research areas
Vision
Sustainability science investigates on a theoretical, conceptual and empirical level how to promote sustainable development and how to find and implement effective solutions for current social and ecological challenges. The aim is to create a more sustainable future.
Sustainability researchers are called upon to take responsibility for their research, which is anchored in existing scientific knowledge and methods and serves to make the world a better place for everyone.
Mission
We promote change towards a sustainable future by developing theories, concepts and practices of inclusive education for sustainability, research, governance and management.
We acknowledge the diversity and dynamics of values, norms and behaviour and contribute with transdisciplinary methods to ensuring that tensions and differences between different disciplines, methods, topics and standards are fruitfully taken up and used with productive compromises and further developments towards sustainable development.
Principles
The School of Sustainability is guided by the normative concepts of ecological system integrity and social and economic justice.
Ecological system integrity refers to the safeguarding of life-support systems, as well as the maintenance of the well-being of life on Earth.
With social and economic justice we strive for a world in which all people can fulfil their potential without endangering system integrity and the well-being of others.
Information about the School
The School of Sustainability includes...
... ca. 25 professors
... ca. 100 research assistants
... ca. 1000 students in Bachelor and Master courses
In various inter- and transdisciplinary projects we are constantly researching and working together on changes and solutions for current challenges.
- 2022
A behavioral science view onto climate risk and uncertainty communications
Kause, A. (Speaker)
23.05.2022Activity: Talk or presentation › talk or presentation in privat or public events › Research
Forschendes Lernen inklusiv gestalten
Hofer, E. (Speaker)
20.05.2022Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Education
A behavioral science view onto climate risk and uncertainty communications
Kause, A. (Speaker)
19.05.2022Activity: Talk or presentation › talk or presentation in privat or public events › Research
Exploring cultural landscape narratives to understand differences in meaning and their implications for governance
Schaal, T. (Speaker), König, B. (Coauthor), Riechers, M. (Coauthor), Heitepriem, N. (Coauthor), Schäfer, M. (Coauthor) & Leventon, J. (Coauthor)
17.05.2022Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
Effects of Land Management on Nature’s Contributions to People In- and Outside of Protected Areas in Germany: Understanding the Pathways of Natural and Anthropogenic Capitals in the Co-production of Nature’s Contributions to People
Isaac, R. (Speaker), Kachler, J. (Speaker), Martín-López, B. (Coauthor) & Felipe-Lucia, M. (Coauthor)
16.05.2022 → 18.05.2022Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
Zeit für Gleichberechtigung – Kritische Analyse der Verteilung von Zeit durch Recht
Bertram, A. (Speaker)
07.05.2022Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Transfer
Acute alcohol consumption as a risk-factor for escalated gambling
Sevincer, T. (Speaker), Brinkmann, J. (Coauthor) & Oettingen, G. (Coauthor)
05.2022Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
Performance resource depletion influence on performance: Advancing concepts and findings
Sevincer, T. (Speaker)
05.2022Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
Toward a better understanding of reference points in negotiation research and theory
Mann, M. (Speaker), Warsitzka, M. (Coauthor), Trötschel, R. (Coauthor) & Hüffmeier, J. (Coauthor)
28.04.2022Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
Stürme, Hitze, Fluten - die Psychologie von Klimarisiken
Kause, A. (Speaker)
26.04.2022Activity: Talk or presentation › talk or presentation in privat or public events › Research
Gestaltung von inklusiven Aufgabenformaten am Beispiel des Flaschentutens
Stinken-Rösner, L. (Coauthor) & Hofer, E. (Speaker)
21.03.2022Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
4. Darmstädter Tage der Transformation - DTdT 2022
Rose, M. (Moderator)
17.03.2022Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › External workshops, courses, seminars › Research
Public perceptions of 1.5 degrees
Kause, A. (Speaker)
17.03.2022Activity: Talk or presentation › talk or presentation in privat or public events › Research
Warum Lehrkräfte digitale Medien (noch nicht) zum Üben nutzen: Ergebnisse einer Befragung an Grundschulen
Hase, A. K. (presenter), Kahnbach, L. (presenter), Kuhl, P. (Coauthor) & Lehr, D. (Coauthor)
10.03.2022Activity: Talk or presentation › Presentations (poster etc.) › Research
Lernwerkstatt als Format "diklusiven" naturwissenschaftlichen Unterrichts
Hofer, E. (Speaker), Stinken-Rösner, L. (Coauthor) & Abels, S. (Coauthor)
09.03.2022Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
15. Internationale Fachtagung der Hochschullernwerkstätten - 2022
Hofer, E. (Participant) & Abels, S. (Participant)
07.03.2022 → 09.03.2022Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
75. Fortbildungswoche des Vereins zur Förderung des physikalischen und chemischen Unterrichts
Hofer, E. (Participant)
22.02.2022Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Transfer
"Warum müssen wir immer ein Protokoll schreiben?"
Hofer, E. (Plenary speaker)
22.02.2022Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Transfer
European Yearbook of International Economic Law (Journal)
Bäumler, J. (Editor)
2022 → …Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial work › Peer review of publicationen › Research
Group Decision and Negotiation (Journal)
Warsitzka, M. (Reviewer)
2022 → …Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial work › Peer review of publicationen › Research